Advertising-board



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G'. G. EVANS & J. W. LAYNE.

ADVERTISING BOARD.

No. 530,756. Patented Deo. 11, 1894.

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UNrTsn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. EVANSl AND JOSEPH W. LAYNE, OF IIIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI.

"ADVERTISING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,756, dated: December 11, 1894.

Application filed .Tune 4, 1894. Serial No. 513,440. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE C. EVANS and JOSEPH W. LAYNE, citizens of the United States, residing at Higginsville, in the county of Lafayette and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Advertising-Board, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in that class of advertising boards which are provided with removable sections capable of being taken out at will, so that the advertisements thereon may be changed or replaced; and the invention consists of certain peculiar features of construction whereby the object of the invention is attained and whereby the advertisements are held with more security and protected from the weather to which they are generally exposed.

In the drawings: Figure l represents a perf spective view of our improvements, showing them embodied in a practically operative device; Fig. 2, a cross-section on the line :1cof Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line y-y of the same figure; Fig. e, a horizontal section on the line w-w; Fig. 5, a plan view of the framework of the board, showing how the parts are combined, and with the remaining elements displaced.

The reference numeral l indicates three posts or standards which are adapted to have their lower ends planted in the ground and to project up parallel with each other. Secured to the beams 1, and equidistant from each other, are the threehorizontal beams 2,

the vertical beams 4, which are two in numi ber and mortised to the beams 2. In addition to this the bolts 5 are provided and passed through the beams, as before described in connection with the beams l and 2. These beams 4. are arranged to divide the beams 2 into three equal parts and thereby form a frame composed of six divisions or spaces of equal size, each of which is adapted for the reception of an advertising card. Rigidly secured to the lower of the beams 2, and extending horizontally along its front side, is the cleat 6, which is of a length equal to that of the beams 2, and is adapted for the sup-'- port of the advertising cards. The thickness of this cleat is equal to that of the cards, so that the front faces of the cards and cleats will lie iiush with each other when the parts are assembled.

7 indicates the cards, and these are of a size equal to that of the divisions in which the4 .arranged in horizontal lines 3 on each of the beams 2, to which they are Vsecured by the bolts 10, while the cleats 9 are eight in number and arranged in vertical lines and secured to th'e outside beams l and to the beams 4. Thus it will be seen that each of the divisions of the frame is bounded by these strips, and their purpose is to hold the cards 7 in place. After the lower line of cards areplaced in position the upper line should be seated upon the edges of the iirst and the second line of strips 8 secured over the contiguous edges of the two cards. The ends of the cards are covered by the strips 9, while the upper row of strips 8 serve to hold the upper edges of thev latter board 12 is arranged to lie upon the f moving the strips 8 and 9 which bound it.

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To permit the easy removal of these strips easily removable.

It will be understood that the form of the cards 7 and the spaces or divisions provided for their reception is not essentially that here shown, and may be varied to suit the convenience and fancies of the user.

While we have shown and described a device having a specific number of parts, and a specific capacity dependent thereon, it will be understood that the invention is not so limited, and that it is subject to various changes in the number and proportions ot parts and in such rearrangement as will come within the scope of our claim. For example, the number and shape of the main standards l may be varied, increased or diminished, indenitely. With this increase would follow a corresponding increase in the number of beams 4. It is also possible to change the size and form of the divisions, and this may be eected by changing the number and arrangement of the parts composing the frame of thedevice. All of these changes will be apparent to persons skilled in the art and will not need any further description.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- An advertising board consisting of a skeleton frame provided with legs or posts by which it may be supported in an upright position, a cleat extending horizontally along the lower side of the frame, a series of independent sign cards mounted upon the cleat and supported thereby, a second series of sign cards mounted above the first and with their edges upon the same, and a series of short strips removably secured to the frame and with the edges of the cards between them and the frame, said strips being of two diierent lengths, equal, respectively, to the length and width of the cards, whereby the cards may be removed and replaced independently of each other, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. EVANS. JOSEPH W. LAYNE.

Witnesses:

HENRY BOYER, JAMES CHINN. 

